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Wessam Abou Ali's brace leads Columbus to first '26 win at Atlanta
Wessam Abou Ali scored a pair of goals in the second half, Max Arfsten added a goal and assist, and the Columbus Crew defeated host Atlanta United 3-1 for their first win of the season on Saturday.,Columbus (1-3-2, 5 points) snapped a two-match losing streak while awarding head coach Henrik Rydstrom...
Julian Hall, Red Bulls too much for FC Cincinnati in 4-2 win
Julian Hall recorded his fifth goal of the season, Emil Forsberg and Mohammed Sofo also scored and the New York Red Bulls ended a three-match winless rut with a 4-2 triumph over FC Cincinnati on Saturday in Harrison, N.J., ,New York (3-2-1, 10 points) entered the game with five goals on the season, ...
Brendan McSorley saves point for St. Louis as NYFC falters
Brendan McSorley's 95th-minute header from the center of the box off a long ball from Lukas MacNaughton salvaged a 1-1 draw for St. Louis SC with host New York City FC on Saturday., ,The goal was just the second game St. Louis has scored in this season and denied NYCFC's bid for a third win in four ...
Reds' starter Rhett Lowder, 3 relievers combine to blank Rangers
Rhett Lowder pitched six shutout innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-0 win over the Texas Rangers Saturday in Arlington, Texas.,Lowder (1-0) allowed three hits, walked two and struck out four in 82 pitches.,The 24-year-old only allowed one runner to get to second and that was with two outs in...
Seth Jarvis, Hurricanes extend Islanders' ill-timed skid
Seth Jarvis scored two goals to go with an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 4-3 victory against the New York Islanders on Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes never led until Sebastian Aho's short-handed goal with 3:43 remaining in the second period. Jackson Blake also scored for Carolin...
FC Dallas nets four in shutout of offensively challenged D.C. United
FC Dallas got goals from four different players as they dominated D.C. United for a 4-0 MLS victory Saturday in Washington.,Logan Farrington and Patrickson Delgado scored in the first half and Osaze Urhoghide and Petar Musa tacked on goals after intermission for Dallas.,Michael Collodi had three sav...
Michael Soroka's strong outing gets Diamondbacks past Braves
Michael Soroka threw five strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks scored a pair of unearned runs to earn a 2-1 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Saturday., ,Soroka (2-0) allowed one run on four hits, striking out three and walking three for Arizona, which had dropped the first two game...
Pistons clinch top seed in East with convincing win over 76ers
Tobias Harris scored 19 points and Daniss Jenkins contributed 16 points and 14 assists as the Detroit Pistons clinched the No.1 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 116-93 road win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.,Jalen Duren chipped in with 16 points for Detroit (57-21), which will have ho...
Kyle Connor scores twice to lead Jets past Blue Jackets
Kyle Connor scored twice as the visiting Winnipeg Jets defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Saturday night.,Mark Scheifele picked up both primary assists for Winnipeg (33-31-12, 78 points). Connor Hellebuyck made 15 saves for the Jets.,Ivan Provorov scored the lone goal for the Blue Jackets (38...
Auburn, Tulsa look to cap off postseason runs with NIT championship
Auburn did not let the disappointment of missing the NCAA Tournament field get in the way of playing good postseason basketball. ,The Southeastern Conference school will seek its first NIT championship when it battles with Tulsa in the title game Sunday night in Indianapolis.,The Tigers (21-16) will...
UConn muscles through Illini, set for title shot at Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS -- UConn acted like the team that belonged and the Huskies are headed back to the national championship game after controlling Illinois start to finish in a 71-62 win Saturday at the Final Four.,Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Braylon Mullins had a huge first ...
Darren Raddysh sets franchise record, as Lightning topple Bruins
Darren Raddysh scored a franchise-setting, tiebreaking goal late, as the Tampa Bay Lightning closed their seven-game homestand with a three-goal third period in a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.,In a career season, Raddysh netted the game-winner, his 21st, with over five minutes remainin...
Penguins wallop Panthers behind big days from stars
Evgeni Malkin recorded his first hat trick in more than four years, Sidney Crosby climbed ahead of Steve Yzerman in the record books and a six-goal second period moved the Pittsburgh Penguins two points closer to a playoff spot as they walloped the visiting Florida Panthers 9-4 Saturday., ,Malkin's ...
Pinch runner Nick Yorke's walk-off double lifts Pirates over Orioles
Nick Yorke entered the game as a pinch runner in the eighth inning and hit the game-winning double in the ninth as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Baltimore Orioles for a 3-2 victory Saturday., ,Bryan Reynolds hit a one-out double in the bottom of the ninth. After an intentional walk to Ryan...
Astros rack up 18 hits while trouncing Athletics
Christian Walker and Cam Smith hit homers and the Houston Astros recorded 18 hits as they blasted the Athletics 11-0 on Saturday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.,Tatsuya Imai (1-0) threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts to earn his first career major league win. The 27-year-old right...
Ramon Laureano leads Padres over Red Sox with 9th inning single
Ramon Laureano's two-out RBI single in the top of the ninth inning propelled the visiting San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in the second of a three-game series on Saturday.,The Padres found two-out magic against Boston closer Aroldis Chapman (0-1) to take the lead for good, as F...
Andy Pages remains hot in Dodgers’ win over Nationals
Andy Pages slugged a three-run homer among his three hits, Freddie Freeman doubled twice and drove in four runs, and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 10-5 on Saturday.,Will Smith also had three hits and Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker and Alex Call each had two of the Dodger...
Mamadou Fofana scores first goal, as Revolution beat CF Montreal
Luca Langoni had a pair of goal contributions, keeper Matt Turner made five saves for the clean sheet, and the New England Revolution picked up a 3-0 victory over visiting CF Montreal on Saturday.,Langoni scored in the first half and set up Mamadou Fofana's first MLS goal as New England (2-3-0, 6 po...
Zavier Gozo, Real Salt Lake keep up hot start over Kansas City
Zavier Gozo had a goal and an assist on Saturday afternoon to help Real Salt Lake earn a 3-1 victory over visiting Sporting Kansas City., ,Diego Luna and Sergi Solans also scored for Salt Lake (4-1-1, 13 points), which extended its unbeaten streak to five games. Noel Caliskan tallied two assists for...
West Virginia cruises past Creighton to reach Crown title game
DJ Thomas scored 20 points off the bench to help lead West Virginia to a wire-to-wire 87-70 victory over Creighton in the College Basketball Crown semifinals Saturday in Las Vegas.,Treysen Eaglestaff added 16 points and Brenen Lorient scored 15 for West Virginia (20-14), which advances to face forme...